GATT/AIR/3365 27 OCTOBER 1992

SUBJECT: ACCESSION OF CHINESE TAIPEI

1. AT ITS MEETING ON 29 SEPTEMBER 1992, THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHED A WORKING PARTY WITH THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF REFERENCE: "TO EXAMINE THE APPLICATION OF THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU (REFERRED TO AS "CHINESE TAIPEI") TO ACCEDE TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE XXXIII, AND TO SUBMIT TO THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH MAY INCLUDE A DRAFT PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION" (L/7095). THE UNDERSTANDINGS REACHED IN THE COUNCIL IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACCESSION OF CHINESE TAIPEI ARE REPRODUCED IN DOCUMENT C/M/259.

2. THE WORKING PARTY WILL HOLD ITS FIRST MEETING ON 6 NOVEMBER 1992 AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154 RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA.

3. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS TO DISCUSS ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS, INCLUDING THE PROGRAMME OF WORK AND THE CALENDAR OF MEETINGS.

4. THE WORKING PARTY IS OPEN TO ALL CONTRACTING PARTIES INDICATING THEIR WISH TO SERVE ON THE WORKING PARTY.

5. CONTRACTING PARTIES WISHING TO SERVE ON THE WORKING PARTY, AS WELL AS OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES AND ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED BY OBSERVERS AT THE MEETING, ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

ARTHUR DUNKEL

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